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Replacing a furnace sounds like a job that must be done by a professional. You may be surprised to know that by following my simple instructions, you can install your own furnace in no time.
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Furnace Replacement in Pictures
If you are planning to replace your furnace, you may need to see 137 high quality pictures on this page! It doesn't matter if you are going to hire an HVAC company to do the job or not, but you should know how the installation must be done the right way!
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Plenum Installation
A supply air plenum is a sheet metal box that attaches to the outlet of a furnace, air handler, or AC coil and is used as a central manifold for other ductwork or take-offs to connect to...
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Cold Air Duct Installation
Installation of the cold air return duct usually starts from that first piece which should be attached through the Canvas, Cold Air Drop and Cold Air Boot to the furnace...
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Supply Duct Installation
The supply duct of a forced air heating/cooling system through which heated or cooled air is supplied to rooms by the action of the fan of the central heating or cooling unit...
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Furnace Installation
When it comes to furnaces, there are a wide variety of different makes and models. All of them in many ways are similar, though there may be characteristic differences between brands...
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Furnace Replacement
HVAC companies that are specializing on the new construction usually do not too much involved in the furnace replacement business or, if it is a big company, it may have a special department dedicated just to it...
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Ductwork Insulation
Before insulating, seal all the gaps around drive, pipe connections and take-offs. The best stuff for duct seal are special mastics or duct sealants...
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Ticking Noise Elimination
If you did not finish your basement off yet then it would be relatively simple to fix. Also, if in your basement you have a drop ceiling then consider yourself as a lucky one, the most difficult task would be if your ductwork is covered with the drywall!
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Banging, Oil Canning Noise Elimination
The banging noise that you hear is the expanding and contracting of the ductwork when the system turns on and off. This could be caused by a few different reasons. It could be:
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Tools in My Work Apron
Have you ever wondered what kinds of tool an ordinary residential ductwork installer carrying in his pouch?
On this and on the following pages you can see a complete set of all necessary tools that I’m usually carrying in my pouch, keeping in my toolbox or having in my van.
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Making a Drive Trick
What you can see in the picture is a 14” x 8” stack 90* with a transition to 14” x14”. Manufacturer made drives and S-sides on the wrong sides: where you see drives suppose to be S-sides and vice-versa.
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Top of the Line House Ductwork Installation
Maybe you are not planning to build a 10,000 square feet house and spend something around $85,000.00 for the HVAC installation in the foreseeable future, but you're definitely may find some interesting ideas which even I wasn't familiar with...
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Sheet Metal Tools
Buy HVAC tool from Amazon on my site and save! |
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Repair or Replace Card
Furnace and Air Handler, A/C, Heat Pump, Boiler
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Attic Ductwork Installation
Recently I’ve installed ductwork in the attic space. Personally I don’t like this kind of installation, but a homeowner decided to build a master bedroom, master bathroom, two laundry rooms and two additional rooms above two and three car garages with a bridge...
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My DIY Projects
In forteen years of living in my house, I was involved in the numerous DIY projects. For example – I painted the garage, insulated the attic, planted the sod, and did a landscaping.
Below you can see picture...
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Split Level Ranch Remodel
The middle of this house sits on a low basement and there are four bedrooms on the split-level – two downstairs and two upstairs at the one wing and a family room and a master site at another...
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Offset and Riser Formula
On this page you can find out how to calculate an Offset and a Riser, and formulas on how to find a distance between two flat and stack forty-fives and more!
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Closing Cold Air Grills
As everybody knows the cold air sinks down, but the warm air rises up. For example in the summertime, when warm air fills your house you have to run it through A/C coil to cool it down. As your A/C unit picks up warm air from the ceiling, it will be replaced by cool air coming from the supply vents...
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Toolbox on Wheels
Learn how to make a toolbox on wheels in no time and surprise your entire crew of the ductwork installers just like I did it recently! Price is only $1.00!
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| Furnace, A/C Replacements in Apartments
This page is designed for those who want to see basics of the furnace and air conditioner installation. Currently there are 45 high quality photos on the page and price is only $1.34.
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Garage Heater Installation
The furnace, which you can see in P. 448, is called a garage heater.
While doing Rough-in, in the middle of the stud space that is chosen for this purpose, place a piece of 10”pipe.
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Existing Plenum Transformation
Sometimes, when you’re replacing an old furnace, the existing plenum is larger than a new furnace just for 1”...
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Replacing a furnace sounds like a job that must be done by a professional. You may be surprised to know that by following my simple instructions, you can install your own furnace in no time.
|
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Furnace Replacement in Pictures
If you are planning to replace your furnace, you may need to see 137 high quality pictures on this page! It doesn't matter if you are going to hire an HVAC company to do the job or not, but you should know how the installation must be done the right way!
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Plenum Installation
A supply air plenum is a sheet metal box that attaches to the outlet of a furnace, air handler, or AC coil and is used as a central manifold for other ductwork or take-offs to connect to...
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Cold Air Duct Installation
Installation of the cold air return duct usually starts from that first piece which should be attached through the Canvas, Cold Air Drop and Cold Air Boot to the furnace...
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Supply Duct Installation
The supply duct of a forced air heating/cooling system through which heated or cooled air is supplied to rooms by the action of the fan of the central heating or cooling unit...
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|
Furnace Installation
When it comes to furnaces, there are a wide variety of different makes and models. All of them in many ways are similar, though there may be characteristic differences between brands...
|
|
Furnace Replacement
HVAC companies that are specializing on the new construction usually do not too much involved in the furnace replacement business or, if it is a big company, it may have a special department dedicated just to it...
|
|
Ductwork Insulation
Before insulating, seal all the gaps around drive, pipe connections and take-offs. The best stuff for duct seal are special mastics or duct sealants...
|
|
Ticking Noise Elimination
If you did not finish your basement off yet then it would be relatively simple to fix. Also, if in your basement you have a drop ceiling then consider yourself as a lucky one, the most difficult task would be if your ductwork is covered with the drywall!
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|
Banging, Oil Canning Noise Elimination
The banging noise that you hear is the expanding and contracting of the ductwork when the system turns on and off. This could be caused by a few different reasons. It could be:
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Tools in My Work Apron
Have you ever wondered what kinds of tool an ordinary residential ductwork installer carrying in his pouch?
On this and on the following pages you can see a complete set of all necessary tools that I’m usually carrying in my pouch, keeping in my toolbox or having in my van.
|
|
Making a Drive Trick
What you can see in the picture is a 14” x 8” stack 90* with a transition to 14” x14”. Manufacturer made drives and S-sides on the wrong sides: where you see drives suppose to be S-sides and vice-versa.
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|
Top of the Line House Ductwork Installation
Maybe you are not planning to build a 10,000 square feet house and spend something around $85,000.00 for the HVAC installation in the foreseeable future, but you're definitely may find some interesting ideas which even I wasn't familiar with...
|
|
Sheet Metal Tools
Buy HVAC tool from Amazon on my site and save! |
|
Repair or Replace Card
Furnace and Air Handler, A/C, Heat Pump, Boiler
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|
Attic Ductwork Installation
Recently I’ve installed ductwork in the attic space. Personally I don’t like this kind of installation, but a homeowner decided to build a master bedroom, master bathroom, two laundry rooms and two additional rooms above two and three car garages with a bridge...
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|
My DIY Projects
In forteen years of living in my house, I was involved in the numerous DIY projects. For example – I painted the garage, insulated the attic, planted the sod, and did a landscaping.
Below you can see picture...
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Split Level Ranch Remodel
The middle of this house sits on a low basement and there are four bedrooms on the split-level – two downstairs and two upstairs at the one wing and a family room and a master site at another...
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|
Offset and Riser Formula
On this page you can find out how to calculate an Offset and a Riser, and formulas on how to find a distance between two flat and stack forty-fives and more!
|
|
Closing Cold Air Grills
As everybody knows the cold air sinks down, but the warm air rises up. For example in the summertime, when warm air fills your house you have to run it through A/C coil to cool it down. As your A/C unit picks up warm air from the ceiling, it will be replaced by cool air coming from the supply vents...
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Toolbox on Wheels
Learn how to make a toolbox on wheels in no time and surprise your entire crew of the ductwork installers just like I did it recently! Price is only $1.00!
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| Furnace, A/C Replacements in Apartments
This page is designed for those who want to see basics of the furnace and air conditioner installation. Currently there are 45 high quality photos on the page and price is only $1.34.
|
|
Garage Heater Installation
The furnace, which you can see in P. 448, is called a garage heater.
While doing Rough-in, in the middle of the stud space that is chosen for this purpose, place a piece of 10”pipe.
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Existing Plenum Transformation
Sometimes, when you’re replacing an old furnace, the existing plenum is larger than a new furnace just for 1”...
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I have been working as an HVAC installer and later as a mechanical engineer for 30 years and discovered that there are no manuals and/or books for this type of work. But I created six of them that I believe are very good and useful for anyone who wants to learn HVAC installation.
DuctworkInstallation.com was created in August 2006. Since then it has become massive and the most reliable source of information!
Currently it has:
- One hundred and two main menu and parent pages
- One hundred and fifty paid and download pages, many of which also have additional information
- Six helpful books
On the DuctworkInstallation.com, you can find answers to many ductwork, furnace/air handler and related questions, such as noise reduction and elimination, energy conservation, furnace replacement and so on.
DuctworkInstallation.com has 3057 pictures, 69 pdf files, 386 YouTube video clips, hundreds of books, tools and other products from Amazon.com, thousands registered users from the U.S.A., Saudi Arabia, South Africa, UK, China, Australia, Philippines, India, Korea, France and Canada. |
| This website is designed for people:
I have been working as an HVAC installer and later as a mechanical engineer for 30 years and discovered that there are no manuals and/or books for this type of work. But I created six of them that I believe are very good and useful for anyone who wants to learn HVAC installation.
DuctworkInstallation.com was created in August 2006. Since then it has become massive and the most reliable source of information!
Currently it has:
- One hundred and two main menu and parent pages
- One hundred and fifty paid and download pages, many of which also have additional information
- Six helpful books
On the DuctworkInstallation.com, you can find answers to many ductwork, furnace/air handler and related questions, such as noise reduction and elimination, energy conservation, furnace replacement and so on.
DuctworkInstallation.com has 3057 pictures, 69 pdf files, 386 YouTube video clips, hundreds of books, tools and other products from Amazon.com, thousands registered users from the U.S.A., Saudi Arabia, South Africa, UK, China, Australia, Philippines, India, Korea, France and Canada. |
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Ductwork Installation Guide
The main goal of this website is a promotion of my textbook – “Ductwork Installation Guide”.
When both halves of the book – “Rough-in” and “Basement” are already done, all of you have a great opportunity to purchase these parts of the book or any chapter from this book and get it online instantly!
The chapters of the book can be useful for everyone who is doing his/her house or kitchen remodeling, decided to rerun all the ductwork in the basement or in the crawl space or just trying to learn this great profession of the ductwork installer from the ground up!
If you would like to purchase the “Rough-in” and the “Basement” parts of this book, go to the “Ductwork Installation Guide” page. However, if you would like to purchase any of the available chapters go to the “Chapter-by-Chapter Descriptions of the Contents” (2) pages and use the "Buy Now" button under the chapter you choose to buy.
Energy Saving Edition is a book which is designed for everyone! In this book, you can find answers to your most frequently asked questions about energy saving tips and, what is most important, related to them ductwork installation issues.
For more information please visit “Energy Saving” page.
Kitchen Remodeling Edition is a book which is dedicated to all possible ductwork installation issues that can meet a homeowner or an installer while doing kitchen remodeling.
For more information, please visit “Kitchen Remodeling Edition” page.
Finished Basement Edition is a book that is designed just for you! In this book you can find answers to your most frequently asked questions about ductwork installation in basement and more.
For more information please visit “Finished Basement Edition” page.
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Ductwork Installation Guide
The main goal of this website is a promotion of my textbook – “Ductwork Installation Guide”.
When both halves of the book – “Rough-in” and “Basement” are already done, all of you have a great opportunity to purchase these parts of the book or any chapter from this book and get it online instantly!
The chapters of the book can be useful for everyone who is doing his/her house or kitchen remodeling, decided to rerun all the ductwork in the basement or in the crawl space or just trying to learn this great profession of the ductwork installer from the ground up!
If you would like to purchase the “Rough-in” and the “Basement” parts of this book, go to the “Ductwork Installation Guide” page. However, if you would like to purchase any of the available chapters go to the “Chapter-by-Chapter Descriptions of the Contents” (2) pages and use the "Buy Now" button under the chapter you choose to buy.
Energy Saving Edition is a book which is designed for everyone! In this book, you can find answers to your most frequently asked questions about energy saving tips and, what is most important, related to them ductwork installation issues.
For more information please visit “Energy Saving” page.
Kitchen Remodeling Edition is a book which is dedicated to all possible ductwork installation issues that can meet a homeowner or an installer while doing kitchen remodeling.
For more information, please visit “Kitchen Remodeling Edition” page.
Finished Basement Edition is a book that is designed just for you! In this book you can find answers to your most frequently asked questions about ductwork installation in basement and more.
For more information please visit “Finished Basement Edition” page.
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Ductwork Installation Guide
Introducing a completely current and innovative way to learn the basics of Ductwork and Furnace Installation!...
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Finished Basement Edition
This book is about doing your own ductwork. Doing your own ductwork has significant financial advantages...
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Kitchen Remodeling Edition
When it comes to the ductwork, kitchen remodeling requires resolving some of the most important issues, which could...
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Energy Saving Edition
On my website I'm offering very important step-by-step guidance's how to implement EST and what is even more...
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Double Cold Air Return Installation
Cold air return is one of the most important parts of the finished basement project. The main goal of the cold air return...
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Basement Cold Air Return in Pictures
On this page, you can see pictures of all materials and tools necessary for installation. Pictures, which represent installation...
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Cold Air Return in Basement
I'm remodeling my basement. It has 4 heat vents and no cold air returns. The basement is always cold. Do I need to add cold...
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Cold Air Return from Interior Wall
Here on this page you can find some other ways on how to do a cold air return for your finished basement project. This application usually...
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Ducted Cold Air Return Installation
Sometimes there is not enough room to pipe cold air return in. In this particular case you can use 10” x 3 ¼” or 12” x 3 ¼” duct...
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Return from Exterior Wall in Pictures
Sometimes you do not have a choice, but must use an exterior wall for a cold air return in your finished basement. This type of...
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Two Cold Air Returns from Interior Wall
On this page, you can learn how to connect a cold air return to the wall that sits directly under the cold air duct and to the wall...
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Supply Register Soffit installation
On this page you can find information how to install a supply register directly on the supply duct for your finishing basement project...
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Register Installation on Ceiling Tile
On this page you can find explanation on how to install a register on the ceiling tile. If you will follow my instructions you are going to avoid most of the mistakes, which...
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How to Drop Register to Shallow Ceiling
If you have very low basement or you want to build drop (soffit) tight to the duct you may be interested to take a look at this type of installation: List of materials needed...
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How to Extend Duct to Floor in Mech. Room
Some homeowners want to drop a heat down to the basement's floor. So here on this page I would like to explain how to do that. I will show you how to run...
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Tapping Two Heats for Finished Basement
On this page, you can learn how to tap into an existing supply duct to add registers in two rooms for your finished basement project. One of the heats was tapped...
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Bath Fan Exhaust through Brick Wall
If you are making a bathroom in your finished basement you can’t avoid venting out a bath fan. Running the bath fan exhaust through brick wall gets more questions then any other type of installation.
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How to Run Bath Fan Exhaust through Roof
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Venting of Two Bathroom Fans
Usually when people finish their basements off they make a bathroom or two, but sometimes in addition to the bathroom, they build a steam room and sauna.In this case, one fan isn't enough and...
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Duct Span Removal and Reinstallation
Hello, Ed! I am doing some structural work in my basement and the only way to get in the steel is to take down a span of ductwork, or to cut it. It looks like I can take out the piece I need to, it's about 3 feet long...
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Tap Takeoff into Duct
In this chapter, I will explain how to tap a Take-off into existing duct and how to do a basement heat run. In order to cut a take-off in you have to:
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Ductwork Relocation
People who want to finish their very low ceiling basements must fight for every single inch of it space! Unfortunately, most of the heating contractors,...
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Re-run of Heat Runs
On this page, you can find a description of how to re-run a heat run, which is set in the middle of the basement's ceiling and by exterior wall in...
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Bathroom Heat
If your bathroom is located somewhere in the middle of your finished basement, you do not need to supply too much air into it. You just need a vent...
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Installation of Combust. Air Intake
This chapter from the Energy Saving Edition book gives a detailed description of the Combustion Air Intake installation, which according to code must be an important element of your HVAC...
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Combustion Air Intake in Pictures
For years, I was preaching about high necessity of the combustion air intake, but did not have one installed in my own house. I have both - high efficiency furnace and a water heater and a water heater...
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Installation of Fresh Air Intake
This chapter from the "Energy Saving Edition" book gives a detailed description of the Fresh Air Intake installation, which according to code must be an important element of your HVAC ductwork system...
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Stop Cold Air from Combust. Air Intake
For years, I've heard about these issues related to the combustion air intakes, but never faced it myself before. However, recently I install one in my house and now I joined a legion of people who are...
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Closing Supply Registers
The basic idea behind this – you have to close supply vents in the rooms, which you do not use and it will conserve energy, and save money. I tried to do it in my house and I have discovered the fact that if I’m closing all vents...
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Closing Cold Air Return Grill
As everybody knows the cold air sinks down, but the warm air rises up. For example in the summertime, when warm air fills your house you have to run it through A/C coil to cool it down. As your A/C unit picks up...
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How to Save Energy on Humidifier
For buildings with a forced-air furnace, a humidifier may be built right into the furnace. They can also protect wooden objects, antiques and other furnishings which may be sensitive to damage from overly dry air...
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How to Save Money on Bath Fans
For the last 20 or so years, the bath fans have been set in the building code and if your house not much older than that most likely that you have a bath fan in every bathroom. Of course, it is very important to have them...
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Microwave Kitchen Exhaust
This chapter describes all three cases of the kitchen vents installation: kitchen hood vent, microwave oven hood vent, and Jenn-Air fan vent; explains the roof and wall cap terminations; covers basement and attic ductwork installation...
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Basement Kitchen Hood
On the rare occasion, people who finish their basements off put an additional kitchen. This kitchen as any other may have a microwave hood or kitchen hood and on this page you can learn how to install it. On this page, you can see...
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Toe Kick Heat Installation
When it comes to the ductwork, kitchen remodeling requires resolving some of the most important issues, which could arise during the remodeling process.
For example: Bathbox installation/relocation... |
How to Cross Break Ductwork
If you are making a transition for a new furnace or any other short piece of duct you may need to learn this simple technique: Take a piece of S-cleat or a folder, as you can see it in the picture, or any straight edge and...
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How to Repair Hole in Ductwork
There are many occasions when it is necessary to repair a hole in the sheet metal ductwork or plenum. If you decided to move a register, get rid of old leaking humidifier or relocate a heat run the hole...
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Transition from Furnace to Plenum
When it comes to a transition between your new furnace and the old plenum you have to make one side of the future transition straight.
The best way of doing that is to move furnace...
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Round to Square Transition
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How to Make Pittsburgh Lock Seam
While marking out a 1” extension for the Pittsburgh seam make sure that your measurement is perpendicular to the part’s side (P. 1)
As you can see in P. 2 a 1” extensions must... |
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How to do Elbow Adjustment
The elbow, which is a basic part of a jumper, consists of four parts. They are fastened to each other with a special seam. All these four parts can be moved back and forth in relation to each other that allow you to achieve definite purposes at installation...
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How to Repair a Broken Elbow
Everyone in this trade considers a broken elbow as a waste. They can collect broken elbows and the other broken fittings and bring them back to the supply house. But if you are a homeowner maybe you don’t want to spend an extra time for unnecessary trip!
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How to Make 8x6x8 Tee Guide
What you are seeing in the picture is an 8”- 8”- 8” tee. This kind of tees could be pretty expensive, because there is no high demand for the fittings like this. Furthermore, if you need different kind of tee, let’s say 8”- 6”- 8”, or 8”- 7”- 8” tees they could be out...
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How to Take Apart a Galvanized Pipe
Recently I was working in the basement, doing heat runs, and probably I was thinking too much how to improve my website! As a result I put too many six inch pipes together – nine of them. When the job was done to my surprise I've discovered nine...
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How to Increase Humidity in House
Low humidity level is most likely the cause of some pretty significant health issues. The optimal relative humidity level for human comfort and health is anywhere from 30% to 50%.
Here are some of the results of low humidity: Severe static electricity resulting in...
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How to Save on Your Bath Fans
For the last 20 or so years, the bath fans have been set in the building code and if your house not much older than that most likely that you have a bath fan in every bathroom. Of course, it is very important to have them. You can find a lot of information...
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How to Save on your Water Heater
If you have this type of Power Shot high efficiency water heater as you can see them in the picture, you actually can save not only some money but even reduce some noise! My first desire when I got this water heater installed was to reduce the noise..
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How to Save on your Garage Door
Well, of course you cannot save a lot of energy by insulating the garage door. But if you have the same layout in your house like I have in mine where the garage shares two walls and part of the ceiling with the rest of the house you may save some energy...
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How to Work with Rectangular Duct
Learn how to measure, cut and put together a rectangular sheet metal duct the right way.
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How to Measure and Cut Pipe
In order to find length of a piece of pipe you should measure a distance between...
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How to Put Pipe Together
The round pipes’ snap lock seam is designed for easy connection, but sometimes...
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How to Crimp Six Inch Pipe
If this is a whole pipe, it is already has a crimp. However, this crimp falls short about...
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Oval Stack Extension Trick
Years ago, when exterior walls were built from 2x4-s it was very important to connect an Oval 90*... |
How to Open up a Hem Tip
This thing in the photo is a slip-on cap. They use it as a top cap for a plenum. Normally this type of...
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How to Hook up a Heat Run Trick
As you can see this heat run is surrounded by joists and 24” x 8” duct will be hung up right under…
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How to Make an 8” (12”) Pipe
Have you ever needed a 12" galvanized pipe, or maybe 14”, or 16”? If so you can easily make...
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Ductwork Installation Guide
Introducing a completely current and innovative way to learn the basics of Ductwork and Furnace Installation!...
|
Finished Basement Edition
This book is about doing your own ductwork. Doing your own ductwork has significant financial advantages...
|
Kitchen Remodeling Edition
When it comes to the ductwork, kitchen remodeling requires resolving some of the most important issues, which could...
|
Energy Saving Edition
On my website I'm offering very important step-by-step guidance's how to implement EST and what is even more...
|
|
Double Cold Air Return Installation
Cold air return is one of the most important parts of the finished basement project. The main goal of the cold air return...
|
Basement Cold Air Return in Pictures
On this page, you can see pictures of all materials and tools necessary for installation. Pictures, which represent installation...
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Cold Air Return in Basement
I'm remodeling my basement. It has 4 heat vents and no cold air returns. The basement is always cold. Do I need to add cold...
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Cold Air Return from Interior Wall
Here on this page you can find some other ways on how to do a cold air return for your finished basement project. This application usually...
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Ducted Cold Air Return Installation
Sometimes there is not enough room to pipe cold air return in. In this particular case you can use 10” x 3 ¼” or 12” x 3 ¼” duct...
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Return from Exterior Wall in Pictures
Sometimes you do not have a choice, but must use an exterior wall for a cold air return in your finished basement. This type of...
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Two Cold Air Returns from Interior Wall
On this page, you can learn how to connect a cold air return to the wall that sits directly under the cold air duct and to the wall...
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Supply Register Soffit installation
On this page you can find information how to install a supply register directly on the supply duct for your finishing basement project...
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Register Installation on Ceiling Tile
On this page you can find explanation on how to install a register on the ceiling tile. If you will follow my instructions you are going to avoid most of the mistakes, which...
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How to Drop Register to Shallow Ceiling
If you have very low basement or you want to build drop (soffit) tight to the duct you may be interested to take a look at this type of installation: List of materials needed...
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How to Extend Duct to Floor in Mech. Room
Some homeowners want to drop a heat down to the basement's floor. So here on this page I would like to explain how to do that. I will show you how to run...
|
Tapping Two Heats for Finished Basement
On this page, you can learn how to tap into an existing supply duct to add registers in two rooms for your finished basement project. One of the heats was tapped...
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Bath Fan Exhaust through Brick Wall
If you are making a bathroom in your finished basement you can’t avoid venting out a bath fan. Running the bath fan exhaust through brick wall gets more questions then any other type of installation.
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How to Run Bath Fan Exhaust through Roof
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Venting of Two Bathroom Fans
Usually when people finish their basements off they make a bathroom or two, but sometimes in addition to the bathroom, they build a steam room and sauna.In this case, one fan isn't enough and...
|
Duct Span Removal and Reinstallation
Hello, Ed! I am doing some structural work in my basement and the only way to get in the steel is to take down a span of ductwork, or to cut it. It looks like I can take out the piece I need to, it's about 3 feet long...
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|
Tap Takeoff into Duct
In this chapter, I will explain how to tap a Take-off into existing duct and how to do a basement heat run. In order to cut a take-off in you have to:
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Ductwork Relocation
People who want to finish their very low ceiling basements must fight for every single inch of it space! Unfortunately, most of the heating contractors,...
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Re-run of Heat Runs
On this page, you can find a description of how to re-run a heat run, which is set in the middle of the basement's ceiling and by exterior wall in...
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Bathroom Heat
If your bathroom is located somewhere in the middle of your finished basement, you do not need to supply too much air into it. You just need a vent...
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Installation of Combust. Air Intake
This chapter from the Energy Saving Edition book gives a detailed description of the Combustion Air Intake installation, which according to code must be an important element of your HVAC...
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Combustion Air Intake in Pictures
For years, I was preaching about high necessity of the combustion air intake, but did not have one installed in my own house. I have both - high efficiency furnace and a water heater and a water heater...
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Installation of Fresh Air Intake
This chapter from the "Energy Saving Edition" book gives a detailed description of the Fresh Air Intake installation, which according to code must be an important element of your HVAC ductwork system...
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Stop Cold Air from Combust. Air Intake
For years, I've heard about these issues related to the combustion air intakes, but never faced it myself before. However, recently I install one in my house and now I joined a legion of people who are...
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Closing Supply Registers
The basic idea behind this – you have to close supply vents in the rooms, which you do not use and it will conserve energy, and save money. I tried to do it in my house and I have discovered the fact that if I’m closing all vents...
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Closing Cold Air Return Grill
As everybody knows the cold air sinks down, but the warm air rises up. For example in the summertime, when warm air fills your house you have to run it through A/C coil to cool it down. As your A/C unit picks up...
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How to Save Energy on Humidifier
For buildings with a forced-air furnace, a humidifier may be built right into the furnace. They can also protect wooden objects, antiques and other furnishings which may be sensitive to damage from overly dry air...
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How to Save Money on Bath Fans
For the last 20 or so years, the bath fans have been set in the building code and if your house not much older than that most likely that you have a bath fan in every bathroom. Of course, it is very important to have them...
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Microwave Kitchen Exhaust
This chapter describes all three cases of the kitchen vents installation: kitchen hood vent, microwave oven hood vent, and Jenn-Air fan vent; explains the roof and wall cap terminations; covers basement and attic ductwork installation...
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Basement Kitchen Hood
On the rare occasion, people who finish their basements off put an additional kitchen. This kitchen as any other may have a microwave hood or kitchen hood and on this page you can learn how to install it. On this page, you can see...
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Toe Kick Heat Installation
When it comes to the ductwork, kitchen remodeling requires resolving some of the most important issues, which could arise during the remodeling process.
For example: Bathbox installation/relocation... |
How to Cross Break Ductwork
If you are making a transition for a new furnace or any other short piece of duct you may need to learn this simple technique: Take a piece of S-cleat or a folder, as you can see it in the picture, or any straight edge and...
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How to Repair Hole in Ductwork
There are many occasions when it is necessary to repair a hole in the sheet metal ductwork or plenum. If you decided to move a register, get rid of old leaking humidifier or relocate a heat run the hole...
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Transition from Furnace to Plenum
When it comes to a transition between your new furnace and the old plenum you have to make one side of the future transition straight.
The best way of doing that is to move furnace...
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Round to Square Transition
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How to Make Pittsburgh Lock Seam
While marking out a 1” extension for the Pittsburgh seam make sure that your measurement is perpendicular to the part’s side (P. 1)
As you can see in P. 2 a 1” extensions must... |
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How to do Elbow Adjustment
The elbow, which is a basic part of a jumper, consists of four parts. They are fastened to each other with a special seam. All these four parts can be moved back and forth in relation to each other that allow you to achieve definite purposes at installation...
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How to Repair a Broken Elbow
Everyone in this trade considers a broken elbow as a waste. They can collect broken elbows and the other broken fittings and bring them back to the supply house. But if you are a homeowner maybe you don’t want to spend an extra time for unnecessary trip!
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How to Make 8x6x8 Tee Guide
What you are seeing in the picture is an 8”- 8”- 8” tee. This kind of tees could be pretty expensive, because there is no high demand for the fittings like this. Furthermore, if you need different kind of tee, let’s say 8”- 6”- 8”, or 8”- 7”- 8” tees they could be out...
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How to Take Apart a Galvanized Pipe
Recently I was working in the basement, doing heat runs, and probably I was thinking too much how to improve my website! As a result I put too many six inch pipes together – nine of them. When the job was done to my surprise I've discovered nine...
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How to Increase Humidity in House
Low humidity level is most likely the cause of some pretty significant health issues. The optimal relative humidity level for human comfort and health is anywhere from 30% to 50%.
Here are some of the results of low humidity: Severe static electricity resulting in...
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How to Save on Your Bath Fans
For the last 20 or so years, the bath fans have been set in the building code and if your house not much older than that most likely that you have a bath fan in every bathroom. Of course, it is very important to have them. You can find a lot of information...
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How to Save on your Water Heater
If you have this type of Power Shot high efficiency water heater as you can see them in the picture, you actually can save not only some money but even reduce some noise! My first desire when I got this water heater installed was to reduce the noise..
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How to Save on your Garage Door
Well, of course you cannot save a lot of energy by insulating the garage door. But if you have the same layout in your house like I have in mine where the garage shares two walls and part of the ceiling with the rest of the house you may save some energy...
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How to Work with Rectangular Duct
Learn how to measure, cut and put together a rectangular sheet metal duct the right way.
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How to Measure and Cut Pipe
In order to find length of a piece of pipe you should measure a distance between...
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How to Put Pipe Together
The round pipes’ snap lock seam is designed for easy connection, but sometimes...
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How to Crimp Six Inch Pipe
If this is a whole pipe, it is already has a crimp. However, this crimp falls short about...
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Oval Stack Extension Trick
Years ago, when exterior walls were built from 2x4-s it was very important to connect an Oval 90*... |
How to Open up a Hem Tip
This thing in the photo is a slip-on cap. They use it as a top cap for a plenum. Normally this type of...
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How to Hook up a Heat Run Trick
As you can see this heat run is surrounded by joists and 24” x 8” duct will be hung up right under…
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How to Make an 8” (12”) Pipe
Have you ever needed a 12" galvanized pipe, or maybe 14”, or 16”? If so you can easily make...
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